Evangelism Lost? A Need to Redefine Christian Integral Mission
This article proposes a clarification of the integral mission concept and a change in the way the relationship between social action and evangelism is understood in practical integral mission operations. The idea of “primacy” of evangelism has been under fire: if evangelism is given “primacy”, then...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2016
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| In: |
Mission studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-84 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lausanne Movement
/ Mission (international law
/ Evangelization
/ Anticipation
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| IxTheo Classification: | RH Evangelization; Christian media RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Integral Mission
evangelism
social action
Lausanne
anticipation
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This article proposes a clarification of the integral mission concept and a change in the way the relationship between social action and evangelism is understood in practical integral mission operations. The idea of “primacy” of evangelism has been under fire: if evangelism is given “primacy”, then everything else is “secondary”. The “ultimacy” of evangelism concept has been suggested as a solution: evangelism should ultimately not be left undone. The main flaw of the “ultimacy” concept is that it has no time element. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341434 |
